Who Is To Blame For Lady Macbeth's Tragedy

Macbeth revealed his thoughts and feelings about murdering Duncan to Lady Macbeth. He wanted to back out of the plan because he was already loved by the king and by others, so he does not want to spoil the feeling of being appreciated by so many. Even after this thorough explanation of why he did not want to proceed with the killing of Duncan, Lady Macbeth still made him do it, as she had her mind set on the king’s assassination. After the murder, Macbeth was traumatized by what he did, and he forgot to plant the daggers on the guards. Lady Macbeth told him to go back, but he did not as he is afraid to look back on what he has done. Lady Macbeth then grabs the daggers to plant it on the guards herself but mocks him before she leaves saying “’tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil” (II.ii. 57-58), which means she thinks he is a child. The constant mockery of Macbeth shows how Lady Macbeth does not care about Macbeth’s feelings.

Lady Macbeth appears evil, but this is proof of her devotion and drive to assist Macbeth rise to the throne. Macbeth is doubtful about their plan to kill King Duncan; however, Lady Macbeth bombards him with comments that question his courage. She goes as far as telling him his love his worth nothing if he refuses, which proves her to be dominant and controlling using his own weakness against him. His love for her. The fact that she belittles his confidence, insults his abilities, and questions his manhood & ambitions showing how manipulative she can be, but also wise because it worked in her favour. She said to him “Screw your courage to the sticking place” (1.7.60). Because Lady Macbeth manages to drive Macbeth to Duncan’s death, this shows viewers that Lady Macbeths own ambition is the real driving force behind most of Macbeth’s actions, because of his strong dedicated love for her.

Women in Shakespeare have not usually been depicted as strong. Juliet, for example, easily fell in love with Romeo and was so quickly swayed by his death to perform the ultimate sacrifice. Olivia from Twelfth Night married Sebastien based solely on the fact that he looked like Viola/Cesario. Lady Macbeth is no exception to this trend. While at a quick glance she may seem empowering and bold, at a closer look it is clear to see that is not as dignified as she seems. Ultimately, Lady Macbeth is a weak and cowardly character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth because she cannot follow through with what she says she will do and she fails to maintain her power in her relationship with her husband.

She thinks Macbeth is a coward, she feels Macbeth can’t do anything just like a baby. “Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures. ‘Tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil. If he do bleed, I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt”(2.2 line 52-57). Lady Macbeth just wants power, she doesn’t care about killing other people at all, she’s cold-hearted and crazy, she would do anything to get power. However, after she feels like she’ll lose all of her power, she goes crazy. ”Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” (5.1 line 49-50). When she thinks about losing her power, she went crazy, she’s afraid of losing her power and afraid of what would happen to her, she made her own

Lady Macbeth has the power over her husband to persuade him into doing anything she requests. She manipulates Macbeth with incredible efficiency by overruling all of his thoughts and changing his perspective on the present. Even though the many tasks that need to be completed are difficult to understand why they need to be done, Lady Macbeth will always convince Macbeth to do it. Her husband often tells her that she has a “masculine soul” which is obvious due to her murderous and envious actions. When the time came to kill king Duncan, Macbeth believes that his wife has gone insane and tells her that the crime they were about to commit was a horrible idea. As a result of his questioning, Lady Macbeth says that executing the crime will show his loyalty to her. On the night of the assassination Lady Macbeth watched the guards of the castle become drunk and unaware of what was going on. Lady Macbeth sent her husband into the castle to kill King Duncan. The married couple fled the scene leaving the guards covered in the evidence. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are stained with the blood of their victims and the feeling of guilt in their stomach.

Not feeling any remorse, she is able to skillfully let go of guilt and skillfully get rid of evidence. As Macbeth comes back to her after the deed is complete he is very shaken up and extremely paranoid that someone saw him with the bloody daggers. Lady Macbeth tells him, “These deeds must not be thought after these ways; so it will make us mad” (2.2.34). By saying this she believes that you shouldn’t feel guilty about doing evil, you should just get it done and move on because thinking about it will only drive you crazy. Also she thinks when commiting violent acts such as murder make sure to get rid of any evidence that will lead people to believe you are a suspect. Frustrated and upset that her husband came home bathed in blood and the daggers in his hand she states, “Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers.”(2.2.52-53). She is extremely disappointed in Macbeth for being so careless and cannot believe that he did not go through the well thought out plan smoothly. In her eyes he is still a coward and does not know how to behave calmy when feeling guilty.

She is essentially saying that she is just as guilty Macbeth but she would be ashamed to be as weak as he. She also comes up with the idea of leaving the bloody daggers on the guards so that they could be framed for the murder of the king. However, after seeing her husband morph into the monster, she begins to feel the pressure and guilt of being an accessory to all the murders. Eventually, the stain that she said would be so easy to wipe out, becomes more and more difficult to clean.

Lady Macbeth from “Macbeth” was a very powerful and influential character in the play. However, her traits are portrayed as bitter making her seem as an undesirable figure. Throughout the book she is interpreted as controlling, demanding, power seeking, and corrupt, but it will later come back and cause conflict. In the book she says, “ Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures… For it must seem their guilt” (Shakespeare 59). At this point in the book, Lady Macbeth is showing how controlling she is by taking the matters into

She speaks with sharp words riddled with rhetorical questions. When she is given Macbeth’s letter, her following monologue is full of nefarious emotion: “Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse . . .” (1.5.47-51). Her plea for a detached mind creates utmost irony, for Lady Macbeth is a character that relies purely on emotion, albeit wicked. In asking for no emotion, she becomes solely dependent on her emotions. She later prepares herself for what she and her husband must do to Duncan: “Come thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, that my keen knife not see the wound it makes, nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cry ‘Hold, hold!’” (1.5.57-61). Giving up her femininity and allowing hell to preserve her shows unnerving dedication. Lustful for power, Lady Macbeth is willing to literally do anything to place her husband on the throne. Therefore, she shows devotion to both her causes and Macbeth. She, like her husband, is honorable to her causes. Later she uses her manipulative diction to convince her husband to kill Duncan. She continually berates him: “Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale at what it did so freely? From this time

Her role in making sure Macbeth completes the deed was to make him feel like he wasn’t being a true man if he didn’t go do it soon or the guards would awaken and ruin the opportunity.(“Alack, im afraid they have awakened,/ And ‘tis not done. Th’ attempt and not the deed/Confounds us. Hark! I laid their daggers ready;/He could not miss ‘em. Had he not resembled/

Macbeth was the one who went and killed King Duncan but I think his wife also had a big part in it. I think that Lady Macbeth is more responsible than Macbeth for the death of the King. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth both wanted power, and wanted Macbeth to be the new king. I think that Lady Macbeth is more responsible because Macbeth is more laid back and not into killing really.

In this she is displaying her love and attention to Macbeth making it seem that he has all the power though he doesn’t. Lady Macbeth’s use of manipulation and seduction are stereotypical feminine traits that all females use including the witches. In the use of these female characters obtain what they want out of the whole situation. In this case to get Macbeth to murder and rise to the top spot: the

Then later using a deceitful strategy – challenging Macbeth’s manhood – she “reignites his passion to pursue power at any cost” and persuades him in committing the hideous crime (Donkor, 2017). She also instructs Macbeth “with careful guidance about how to dissemble” and “ensure that guilt does not reveal itself” (Donkor, 2017). She says to him: “To beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue. Look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under ’t” (Shakespeare, Act I, Scene V, 54-57).

In this quote she is saying that she should give out her weak, does whatever man does and become evil. She thinks that she is manful and strong, but actually she is not, she become sleeplessness and nervous. Therefore Lady Macbeth tricks by the three witches and herself.

In this quote she is saying that she should give out her weak, does whatever man does and become evil. She thinks that she is manful and strong, but actually she is not, she become sleeplessness and nervous. Therefore Lady Macbeth tricks by the three witches and herself.